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Wulfenite from
Stefanie Mine, Bad Bleiberg, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Wulfenite
Formula:Pb(MoO4)
Habit:mostly tabular
Colour:orange, yellow, green, colorless
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hemimorphite41
Manganese Oxides20
Galena20
Baryte18
Calcite16
- var Lead-bearing Calcite1
Hydrozincite14
Goethite12
Cerussite8
Fraipontite7
Descloizite6
Smithsonite1
Greenockite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wulfenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Stefanie Mine, Bad Bleiberg, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
Photo GalleryView Gallery (165 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:11972
Long-form Identifier:1:3:11972:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Wulfenite
2.4km (1.5 miles) Rudolf Mine, Bad Bleiberg, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
4.1km (2.5 miles) A10 Highway tunnel, Weißenstein, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
5.7km (3.6 miles) Bleiberg-Kreuth, Bad Bleiberg, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
5.9km (3.7 miles) Max Mine, Bleiberg-Kreuth, Bad Bleiberg, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
8.1km (5.0 miles) Burg, Rubland, Paternion, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
8.2km (5.1 miles) Pöllaner Höhe, Pöllan, Paternion, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
8.4km (5.2 miles) Kabesnock (Kowesnock; Kobesnock), Bleiberg-Kreuth, Bad Bleiberg, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
15.3km (9.5 miles) Paternioner Alp, Kreuzen, Paternion, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
16.1km (10.0 miles) Bleiriesen (Bleiriese), Golsernock, Stockenboi, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
16.6km (10.3 miles) Neufinkenstein-Grabanz mining district, Mallestiger Mittagskogel, Finkenstein am Faaker See, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria
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